Part 1 Doctrine and Covenants 102–105 - "After Much Tribulation … Cometh the Blessing"
Come Follow Me for Us
Melanie Stroud
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🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this week's study of Doctrine & Covenants 102–105 ("After much tribulation cometh the blessings"), I walk through why the first high council was organized and the loving purpose of membership councils, then trace Zion's Camp and what it taught the Saints—and us—about obedience, timing, and building Zion through righteousness. I share stories like Reddick Allred's steady faith and 22-year-old Nathan Baldwin's instant obedience, plus a modern example of following prophetic counsel even when it's hard. My personal takeaway: I want to be the one who turns west the moment the Spirit whispers. Also…watch for my new joy project (on YouTube!)—I'm finally acting on that nudge.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Come Follow Me for us, a weekly podcast where we feast on the words of Christ and have fun doing it. |
| 0:13.1 | I'm your host, Melanie Straub. |
| 0:15.6 | This is Doctrine and Covenants 102 through 105. |
| 0:19.3 | After much tribulation, cometh the the blessings and if it's a little |
| 0:23.7 | echoey i'm sorry i am recording from my sister-in-law's front room today so it might not be the |
| 0:30.8 | greatest quality but who cares okay i'm coming to you from 2025 to say that these lessons the past few weeks have really touched me. |
| 0:43.6 | And it's funny to say that my lessons have touched me. |
| 0:47.3 | But I can tell you I've completely forgotten these stories in the last four years. |
| 0:52.5 | And so have you. Just face it, if you're new here, |
| 0:57.4 | congratulations, brand new messages that are inspiring. But I'm afraid that people who used to listen |
| 1:05.9 | don't listen anymore because, oh, been there, heard that. And I'm so grateful just for myself that the things the Lord |
| 1:14.1 | taught me four years ago are still relevant. And as I listened to the podcast this week as I was |
| 1:20.2 | fixing it, I want to be like Nathan. I want to be the guy that turns to the West and immediately |
| 1:26.4 | does what he feels prompted to do. |
| 1:28.9 | And as many of you know, I have felt prompted for nine months to start a podcast about joy. |
| 1:36.7 | And I've struggled. I haven't figured it out. |
| 1:39.6 | And then recently I felt like it needs to be on YouTube, which makes no sense to me. |
| 1:45.0 | But after listening to this lesson this week, I was like, okay, I'll do it. |
| 1:50.5 | And I'm so grateful for the examples of these early saints and how much they gave up, |
| 1:57.2 | how much they just wanted to serve the Lord and do what he said. And I think that the time is |
| 2:06.9 | far spent. I think if you listen to the leaders of the church, I don't think that Christ's |
| 2:13.7 | second coming is that far away. And I think we really need to be doing what the |
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